Improvement in corn-coverers



DAVID WEYGANDT.

\mprovement in Cor'n-Coverer.

Patented June 4,1872.

WI NESSES INVEN O UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

DAVID WEYGANDT, OF JEROMESVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL STACHER.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-COVERERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,534, dated J une 4,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID WEYGANDT, of Jeromesville, in the county ofAshland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuble Improvementin Oorn-Goverers; and I do hereby declare that the following is at'ull,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification and to the letters and figures'of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a longitudinal centralsection. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This invention has relation to corncoverers, and consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement'of the shovels, land-roller,gaugewheel, and roller-scraper, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, Arepresents the draft-beam, provided with the ordinaryplow-handles B. 0 represents apost depending from the beam A near itsforward end. D is a gauge-wheel journaled to an adjustable slottedplate, E, se-

cured to the post 0. F designates standards bolted to the sides of thehandles B. G are the shovels, concave in vertical cross-section, andconstructed with theirforward edges sli ghtlybeveledfromtheirupper edgestotheir points, as shown. The shovels are secured to the lower ends ofthe standards F, and are arranged in an oblique manner, diverging fromtheir rear to their points. The object of this arrangement is to enablethe shovels to gather and throw the earth close to the corn. The beveledforward edges of the shovels allow the surplus earth to fall to thesides, thus preventing the ridges from being made too high. H representsdiagonal braces, reaching from the forward part of the beam to thestandards F. I represents aland-roller, journaled to the lower parts ofhinged U-shapcd stirrups K. The lower ends of the latter are hinged tothe standards F, and the upper ends are secured to the standards in anadjustable manner, so that the roller may be raised or loweredto suitthe depth of plowing. L denotes a transverse scraper secured to thesupports K in front of the roller. The roller is designed to follow theshovels and to crush all clods, so as to render the soil fine and thesurface even. The scraper serves to keep the roller-surface clean.

In regulating the depth of the plowing both the gauge-wheel and theroller should be adjusted, theobject being to keep the lower edges ofthe cultivator-shovels horizontal, or on such inclination as the natureof the soil may re quire.

I claim as my invention-- The corn-coverer herein described, having theadjustable gauge-wheel D, the inclined shovels G, facing forward andinward, and the adjustable roller I, pivoted to the U-shaped stirrups Kcarrying the scraper L, all constructed and arranged substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID WEYGANDT.

Witnesses:

J OHN VAN NEsT, DANIEL FASIG.

